Kukurečani

Village in Pelagonia, North Macedonia

Kukurečani (Macedonian: Кукуречани) is a village in the Bitola Municipality of North Macedonia. It is situated along the main road between Bitola and Demir Hisar (continuing for Kičevo). It used to be a municipality of its own and its FIPS code was MK56.

Demographics

According to the 1467-68 Ottoman defter, the village had 150 houses, 8 bachelors and 3 widows. The village predominantly displayed Slavic anthroponymy, with a small minority of instances of heads of families having traditional Albanian names, usually alongside a Slavic one.^[1]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 966 inhabitants.^[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:^[2]

• Macedonians 950
• Serbs 2
• Romani 14

References

1. Rexha, Iljaz (2012). "POPULLSIA ALBANE GJATË MESJETËS NË HAPSIRËN E MAQEDONISË SË SOTME" (43): 25. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 128.